Civil war impossible in Iraq – commander

[sabra]

Source: Voice of Iraq

Baghdad, July 26, (VOI)- The commander of the Baghdad's law-imposing plan "Fardh al-Qanoon" said on Thursday that possibilities for a sectarian civil war in Iraq have come to an end after five months of implementing the plan, as indicators assert the end of sectarian congestion.

Speaking at a joint press conference with a U.S. senior officer in Baghdad, the Lieutenant General Aboud Qunbur said "crimes and bombs declined by 90 percent and 45 percent respectively, while casualties decreased by 40 percent and car bombs by 15 percent."
"Normal life back to many regions in Baghdad," he added, asserting that Iraq will not collapse into a civil war.

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The commander also spoke about the military operations and the siege imposed by security forces on locals from al-Husayniyah district in northern Baghdad, saying that "militias in this region sealed off main roads, planting roadside bombs and attacking security forces to prevent them from entering into the region, the matter that led the joint Iraqi and U.S. troops to use the force to enter into the region," expressing sorry over casualties among civilians in the attack.

"The operation needs long time to get positive results," Qunbur also said.
"A total of 114 displaced families have retuned to their houses in Baghdad," the officer noted.
For his part, the U.S. General Adriano said that "suicide bombers enter into Iraq through the Syrian borders and armed groups smuggle shield-penetrating weapons from Iran to Iraq."
"The U.S. army lost many soldiers last May, the matter that pushed the forces to intensify the military operations in Baghdad," the general added.


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[jayfish]

1. Sweet!

When do we leave?

Jay

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. "The end of sectarian congestion" means...?

That sounds like a euphemism. :scared:

[momster]

7. Now It's Sectarian Post-Nasal Drip?

Just that kinda clogged up, thick feeling that leaves you coughing for a couple of days after the cold?

[lynnertic]

9. I think so too, probably means that most everyone's fled or dead

[Gman]

3. Baghdad Bob's back?

[Demeter]

4. Oh! Are All the Sunnis Dead, Then?

Genocide by any name is a war crime.....

[acmavm]

5. If it weren't so damn tragic this would be hilarious.

[AlCzervik]

6. excellent, looks like the troops will start coming home today....right?

[Barrett808]

8. Sure looks like Gen. Qunbur is inviting us to leave

Funny about the record number of attacks last month, though...

[Lasher]

10. You mean it wasn't a civil war already?

"...possibilities for a sectarian civil war..."

Less than 2% of the fatalities in the Iraq war are American. If that 2% makes it a war for us, then the 50-times-greater death toll from Sunnis killing Shiites and vice versa certainly makes it a civil war for Iraq.

And I am left underimpressed with the 114 displaced families that have returned. There's 2 million Iraqi refugees living in Syria and Jordan right now.

[MrPrax]

11. Is Qunbur a caveman?

"The operation needs long time to get positive results," Ugg...ugga

Shit, I thought I was bad.

So the suicide bombers are coming from Syria? No doubt in league with 'thirsty' China and dastardly Putin...or so I read the other day :eyes:

[knight_of_the_star]

12. Riiiiiiight

And didn't the Luftwaffe say they could keep the 6th Army supplied indefinitely in the Stalingrad pocket?

[damntexdem]

13. That's right: civil war is impossible in Iraq.

Because the opponents will never be civil to one another. ;-)

[daleo]

14. Could the general be wrong about this?

"Me make mistake? It's unpossible."